PLUS 44 DRUMMER TRAVIS BARKER PLAYING WITH ONE ARM

Former Blink 182 star and reality show star Travis Barker has been performing concerts with only one arm on the current Plus 44 tour. Barker, who is considered one of today’s best drummers, had to switch things around after finding out weeks later that he had initially broken his arm during the band’s video shoot.

Barker, who once toured with a broken leg, gave us an update on the condition of his injured limb.

“It’s hard to tell. I get re-examined again in a couple of weeks. I get MRI and Xrays so I’ll have a better radar on how I’m shaping up and how I’m healing. Bur for now it’s been really fun. Playing with one hand I never thought would be as fulfilling as it is now. I thought this was just going to suck, and it’s never going to feel comfortable, and I’m never going to be able to kind of feel like I’m playing my drums again. But it actuallly… God forbid if I had to go on like this, I could do it. You know? (laughs).”

He also talked about how he pulls off the amazing feat of playing with one arm.

“I think it’s teaching your left hand all the responsibilities that your so that was a challenge, but it was something that was overcome really quickly because I was pretty much determined to do it. There was no other option (laughs). I really, really wanted to go on this tour.”

Plus 44 tours right up to Wednesday, goes home for Thanksgiving, and then the band and Barker return to action – with or without his injured hand healed. Barker has a long way to go to get significant rest. The Plus 44 tour runs through December 17 in Orangevale, California.